41-21-222 - Mental examination of persons eligible for release or parole. - Tennessee Statutes

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41-21-222. Mental examination of persons eligible for release or parole.

The department of mental health and developmental disabilities, as soon as it is properly staffed and equipped to examine all persons eligible for release or about to be paroled from the penal institutions of the state, upon the request of the commissioner of correction, shall examine all such persons with the view of determining whether the persons are mentally ill or have symptoms of mental illness and report its findings to the commissioner of correction.

[Acts 1955, ch. 204, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1955, ch. 102, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1975, ch. 248, § 1; T.C.A., § 41-348; Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 6.]

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41-21-222. Mental examination of persons eligible for release or parole.

The department of mental health and developmental disabilities, as soon as it is properly staffed and equipped to examine all persons eligible for release or about to be paroled from the penal institutions of the state, upon the request of the commissioner of correction, shall examine all such persons with the view of determining whether the persons are mentally ill or have symptoms of mental illness and report its findings to the commissioner of correction.

[Acts 1955, ch. 204, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1955, ch. 102, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1975, ch. 248, § 1; T.C.A., § 41-348; Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 6.]

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41-21-222. Mental examination of persons eligible for release or parole.

The department of mental health and developmental disabilities, as soon as it is properly staffed and equipped to examine all persons eligible for release or about to be paroled from the penal institutions of the state, upon the request of the commissioner of correction, shall examine all such persons with the view of determining whether the persons are mentally ill or have symptoms of mental illness and report its findings to the commissioner of correction.

[Acts 1955, ch. 204, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1955, ch. 102, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1975, ch. 248, § 1; T.C.A., § 41-348; Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 6.]